The Play and Competition
Have you ever wanted to do something, but never gave it a try because you were afraid you might fail? I know what that is like. I have enjoyed art as long as I can remember. I took one year of…
Category Everyday Learning
Plays That Matter
Our daughter Mary Evelyn calls the children who perform in her plays the Homeschool Dramatic Society. HDS has a theme which the children repeat in practice: To God Be the Glory. As children and teenagers, our daughters had fun putting…
The Play, Part 1
For two weeks each year, my life revolves around “The Play.” For those two weeks, I live and breathe “The Play.” Practice starts this morning at 9:00 a.m. As I dive into these wonderful two weeks, I’d like to tell…
The Sits
The people of the world speak thousands of languages. I admire those who speak several. I speak one, and only one. It’s English. The English language varies from place to place, though, just as many other languages do. I have…
Water Pours
Taking a bath in the claw-footed tub in the old house where I grew up and going swimming in Marrowbone Creek are two of my earliest water memories. Water is amazing and so versatile. It nourishes our bodies and cleans…
The Coach
Just weeks after Ray and I were engaged in 1974, we stopped at a country store a few miles outside of my hometown. Inside was a girl I had known in high school. We had graduated a year apart, she…